15 June 2022

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Swimming Lessons

Thank you to everyone for your support of the in-term swimming lessons. I know it is difficult, especially at this time of the year but being able to swim is such a vital skill for children to obtain. 89% of eligible students have taken up the opportunity, which is a very high figure.

School Recycling Project

Did you know that Hampton Park is a Waste Wise school? Every classroom is a collection point for different items that can be recycled. Aluminium/foil snack wrappers, aluminium coffee pods, toothbrushes, pasta sauce jars, blankets and towels, bread tags, ink cartridges, spectacles, dry cell batteries, pens, markers, highlighters and electronic devices, including mobile phones. Please see the attached document for the room that is the collection point for the items you wish to recycle. The P&C will shortly have a ‘Containers for Change’ bin at the school as well. This is a fundraiser for the P&C to offset the necessary price rise of drinks at the canteen.

School Assembly

There is no school assembly this week owing to swimming lessons. The next class assembly is Wednesday of Week 10, 29th June at 8.45am. Room 2 will be hosting this assembly.

Year Six Fundraiser

A reminder that tickets for the Year Six Footy Fundraiser raffle are still available to be purchased by parents or students via the office this week. More information follows in this newsletter.

The Year Sixes are also holding a Sausage Sizzle on Monday 20th June. Order forms went home last week. Please check your child’s bag if he/she hasn’t already given it to you. All orders are due in by Thursday 16th June to the office. If anyone has time on Monday 20th June to help turn a few sausages or bag them up, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Professional Development Days

A reminder that Friday the 1st July and Monday 18th July are both professional learning days for the staff, this means that the students do not attend school on those two days.

Late to School

Please remember that the school bell goes at 8:45am and children need to be in class by then. The classroom doors all open at 8:30am to allow students time to get all their belongings ready for the day. Last Tuesday, we had 31 students arrive late, which is 9.17% of the student population. If your child is late to class it means they may have missed out on vital information for their day, it can be disruptive to teachers and students who’ve already engaged in their work and can be distressing for the student having to walk into class late. Office staff are also impacted as each student must present to the office to receive a late note. Please be mindful of the time in the mornings and have children here ready to start the day before the siren. This is good practise to develop in the children as when they eventually leave school and join the workforce lateness would not be tolerated.

Merit and Values Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received a Merit Certificate or Values Award at our last assembly.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Teacher Awards

We know we have amazing staff at Hampton Park Primary and this is your chance to recognise them for their great work!

The National Excellence in Teaching Awards is a community-centred awards program, started by the NEiTA Foundation in 1994 supported by Futurity, to honour exemplary teaching in Australia and New Zealand.

Nominations are now open for 2022 and you can do so by clicking the below link to the website, click on “Nominate Now” and follow the simple steps:

Please submit your nominations as soon as you can or by 30th June (Thursday) as school staff will need to accept the nomination before the closing date which is during the upcoming school holidays.

Please seize this opportunity and nominate today!

Xavier Teo
School Board - Chairperson

Room 9 News

My name is Miss Branson and I am the Prac teacher in Room 9. Over the past two weeks we have been learning about the Colour Wheel and connecting colours to emotions. We have identified which colours are primary and experimented in mixing these colours to create secondary colours. We have also learnt about complementary and analogous colours and what warm and cool colours are. Room 9 are now creating their own mood bowls. They are painting bowls to represent different types of emotions like anger, happiness, shyness, mysteriousness etc. through their careful choice of colours. Great work Room 9!

Miss Branson
Room 9 Prac Teacher

Year Six Fundraiser – Raffle

Just a reminder that tickets for the Year Six footy fundraiser raffle are still available to be purchased by parents or students via the office this week. You DO NOT want to miss the chance to enter. You could win a signed West Coast Eagles jersey and football, Fremantle Dockers jersey signed by their AFLW team and football signed by the 2022 men's team or even a signed Sydney Swans jersey.

Tickets are $3 each or you can purchase two for $5 and there is no limit on how many tickets you can buy. The tickets can be purchased from the office before school (8.15-8.45am) or after school (3.00-3.30pm) and the final day of raffle ticket sales is Friday 17th June.

Thank you for your support and good luck in the raffle!

Mrs Cunningham, Mrs Donetta, Mr Evangelista
and the Year Six Fundraising Committee

Phys Ed News

Eagles Cup

The return fixture saw some changes in results.

AFL Football - Hillcrest turned the tables on Hampton and won the game.
Netball - Both our A and B teams had a win. Thanks to Linda, Jules and Bec for their extra expert coaching and umpiring over the two fixtures.
Soccer – Hampton had another big win over Hillcrest.
Basketball - Hillcrest beat Hampton this time around.

Winter Carnival

The Winter Carnival is our next event on the sporting calendar. This will take place on Friday 24th June in Week 9. All are welcome to spectate and if you have expertise in soccer, lacrosse or football please feel free to assist with coaching and umpiring.

Football, soccer and lacrosse will be at Altone Reserve and netball will be at West Beechboro Primary School.

Michael Lee
Phys Ed Specialist

2023 Kindergarten Enrolments

Enrolments are now open for our 2023 Kindergarten program for children whose date of birth falls between the 1st July 2018 and the 30th June 2019. Applications close on Friday 22nd July 2022. Once we have confirmed applications, notification of acceptance will be sent in writing.

The Application for Enrolment form can be found on our website under Enrolment or you can collect a form from the office.

P&C

Hello Families and Friends!

We are still looking for a Secretary to complete our committee, this is an essential role on the committee that needs to be filled for our P&C to continue operating. If you would like to find out more, please get in touch via email or socials, or come along to the next meeting and see what it’s all about. All school community members are welcome, we’d love to see some new faces!

Our next P&C meeting is Term 3, Week 3, Monday 1st August 2022, 2pm.

For all P&C information and events within our school community, stay tuned to our Social Media for updates, like and follow us on:

Facebook (Public) – Hampton Park Primary School P&C Association - @hppspandcmorley
Facebook Group (Closed Group) – Hampton Park Primary Community Chat, Morley WA
Instagram – @hamptonparkpandc_morley

Fundraising and Events

Containers for Change

Coming soon! We are hoping to have bins on school premises very soon, please keep an eye on our social media for updates.

Hungry Hamptons Canteen

Canteen days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Milos are back! Available at recess and lunch, be green and BYO re-useable cup - $1.00 (single use cups are available for 50c)

We Love Volunteers! Volunteering in the canteen is a great way to get involved at school, you can meet other parents from school and even learn something new! Unlimited cuppa’s and plenty of fun guaranteed! Pop in and see our Manager, Samanther Barrett, or email canteen@hppspandc.org.au for information.

Scholastic Book Club

Book Club orders are due today.

Community Notices

My Golf

Bricks 4 Kidz

This winter school holidays we are running Workshops with LEGO® and Coding with Robotics. Our holiday programs are designed for kids ages 5 -12. We have many themes to inspire creativity and fun.

WA Police Youth Band

WA Police Youth Band is a free program offering bagpipe and drumming lessons to kids in Maylands. We are having a try out session at the Maylands Music School on Wednesday 6th July to sign members up to start a course in Term 3.